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[Trish]

Very active 'trolling' by people with nothing better to do 😏

[Sharon]

Oh I was wondering why I was getting so many likes (over 180 so far) for this book (Honeybee) I agree with you, Brenda why don’t these people get a life :)

[Andrea]

Krystal wrote: "But how strange that it's just these two books! Also not my Jasper Jones one, maybe because I only gave 2 stars?..."

Haha, same! Although I rated it a little higher than you, but not high enough to meet their cut-off, so I’m only getting Honeybee likes.

It seems very niche. I’ve never seen this happen in such a targeted way before. I wonder if the author knows about it? 😬

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Andrea wrote: "Krystal wrote: "But how strange that it's just these two books! Also not my Jasper Jones one, maybe because I only gave 2 stars?..."

Haha, same! Although I rated it a little higher than you, but n..."

I think if Craig Silvey or Allen & Unwin knew about this I feel sure they wouldn’t be ok with it.

[Carolyn]

Jülie ☼♄  wrote: "Andrea wrote: "Krystal wrote: "But how strange that it's just these two books! Also not my Jasper Jones one, maybe because I only gave 2 stars?..."

Haha, same! Although I rated it a little higher ..."

I'm sure they have no idea this is happening. It's hard to work out what someone gets from doing this. I've come across an author making hundreds of fake accounts to like reviews for his books, but I don't know why someone would to go to all this trouble for a respected random /unsuspecting author.

[Andrea]

When I thought it was just Honeybee, I wondered if it was because of the subject matter. But if it’s 2 of his books that clearly is not the case.

What about Runt? I haven’t read that one yet, so no review to like.

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Andrea wrote: "When I thought it was just Honeybee, I wondered if it was because of the subject matter. But if it’s 2 of his books that clearly is not the case.

What about Runt? I haven’t read that one yet, so ..."

I haven’t had that happen with Runt, just those two books for some reason 🤷🏻‍♀️

[Krystal]

Jülie ☼♄  wrote: "Andrea wrote: "Krystal wrote: "But how strange that it's just these two books! Also not my Jasper Jones one, maybe because I only gave 2 stars?..."

Haha, same! Although I rated it a little higher ..."

I actually wondered if author or publisher had a hand in it before I realised they were all bots. I'm sure they'd be against it - both seem to have too much integrity to stand for fake likes.

[Carolyn]

Krystal wrote: "Jülie ☼♄  wrote: "Andrea wrote: "Krystal wrote: "But how strange that it's just these two books! Also not my Jasper Jones one, maybe because I only gave 2 stars?..."

Haha, same! Although I rated ..."

I agree Krystal, it has to be someone else doing it. But why - hard to see what they get out of it.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

It seems to have stopped - I haven't had any for a couple of days now...

[Diana]

Very sad to learn of the passing of Gabrielle Williams. I have enjoyed a number of her books and she was very visible in the Melbourne book community, working for the Readings Foundation.

[Suz]

It happened to me too.. I was confused. I got so many, but didn't look into it.

[Suz]

I was wondering if everyone has the new book GR format? I hadn't had it for at least 6 weeks (can't even remember) but now it's gone back. I was getting comfortable. Bummer.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

It's complete now Suz, so we're stuck with it - we've been discussing it in the Bugs thread.

[Marianne]

About the new format, my sorrow knows no bounds.
Also, I'm really angry. But it won't do any good :(

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

No they sure don't listen to us - their bread and butter!

[Sharon Louise]

I got the new layout yesterday but not sure if it is the COMPLETE new layout. It still looks the same until you click onto a book and then it goes to the horrible big "open" layout and the awful way to add books to a shelf. I hate it.

And I agree that they have taken no notice of our feedback - I'm sure they had more negative feedback than positive but they have gone ahead anyway.

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Marianne wrote: "About the new format, my sorrow knows no bounds.
Also, I'm really angry. But it won't do any good :("

What Marianne said ☝️😞

[Krystal]

Marianne wrote: "About the new format, my sorrow knows no bounds.
Also, I'm really angry. But it won't do any good :("

Yep agreed. Not cool, GR!

[Kylie H]

Just catching up with this conversation and it has solved a big mystery for me around all the 'likes' I got for my Jasper Jones review while I was on holidays. I was completely perplexed! And my email was going nuts :(

[Krystal]

Kylie H wrote: "Just catching up with this conversation and it has solved a big mystery for me around all the 'likes' I got for my Jasper Jones review while I was on holidays. I was completely perplexed! And my em..."

Yes thankfully it seems to have finally stopped!

[Suz]

Mine was 100 likes (a whole page) for Honeybee.. not including Jasper Jones. 100 private users with no friends. So bizarre. I didn't check as I went as mostly I was only using my phone, didn't check the profiles as the likes were happening.

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

😆 I flagged 20 just to give GR a heads up and I got 20 emails back, each one with the same auto generated message saying they will look into it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[Carolyn]

Jülie ☼♄  wrote: "😆 I flagged 20 just to give GR a heads up and I got 20 emails back, each one with the same auto generated message saying they will look into it. 🤷🏻‍♀️"

I haven't flagged any since there are so many (just for Honeybee, I only rated but didn't review Jasper Jones). When I've reported bots in the past they didn't do anything, but let us know if you get any follow up and I'll flag them then.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good job Jools! Getting so many MIGHT mean they'll "look into it". But they've stopped for me anyway, so perhaps they have.

[Andrea]

I’ve just seen how the new book page displays spoilers. I thought there was something wrong with my iPad…or my eyes!! Yuck.

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Andrea wrote: "I’ve just seen how the new book page displays spoilers. I thought there was something wrong with my iPad…or my eyes!! Yuck."

I haven't seen that yet Andrea. Which book were you looking at?

[Andrea]

Phrynne wrote: "Andrea wrote: "I’ve just seen how the new book page displays spoilers. I thought there was something wrong with my iPad…or my eyes!! Yuck."

I haven't seen that yet Andrea. Which book were you look..."

Oh I was just looking an at old review of my own, but reading it from lower down on the book page rather than clicking through to the review page. If you can think of one of your own that contains a designated spoiler, you could take a look and see what I mean.

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Thanks Andrea. I will try that:)

[Krystal]

Andrea wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Andrea wrote: "I’ve just seen how the new book page displays spoilers. I thought there was something wrong with my iPad…or my eyes!! Yuck."

I haven't seen that yet Andrea. Which bo..."

Yeah I spotted that, it's awful!! And not completely efficient, either.

[Alex]

Has the new format got ANYTHING right? Tried to update progress on my current read and it has a paperback format (correct ISBN) showing %. Do the designers actually read books?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

The old way you could switch between % and page count Alex...is it still there?

[Krystal]

I tried to change the edition for one on my to-read list and it was a trial. Why is everything so much harder lol

Every time I think I'm over complaining about the new layout I discover another thing that's been made more difficult!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

When I tried to do that Krystal, I ended up deleting the one I'd shelved so I could have the correct one! lol It shouldn't be that difficult! And it shouldn't mean taking a lot more steps than it used to...

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

I did that too Brenda. I could not find a simple way to change it over so I deleted it and then added it again in the required edition. This is a very user unfriendly layout!!!

[Kim]

Phrynne wrote: "I did that too Brenda. I could not find a simple way to change it over so I deleted it and then added it again in the required edition. This is a very user unfriendly layout!!!"

I was struggling with this one too - eventually found out that, if you go on 'Edit My Activity', there is a small 'change edition' option just under the title and author of the book - this takes you to the list of all the editions and you can then 'switch editions'. Hope this helps!

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

It does thanks Kim, but why do they make everything so hard to find?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Kim wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "I did that too Brenda. I could not find a simple way to change it over so I deleted it and then added it again in the required edition. This is a very user unfriendly layout!!!"

I ..."

Thanks Kim! And I agree with Phrynne - why make it so user unfriendly???

[Kim]

Brenda wrote: "Kim wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "I did that too Brenda. I could not find a simple way to change it over so I deleted it and then added it again in the required edition. This is a very user unfriendly la..."

I totally agree, Brenda and Phrynne - I was also struggling to open reviews I had already written in order to copy them into Challenge threads but initially could only do it by going into 'edit' mode and then just 're-saving' them without making any changes!
Then I discovered that, if you search for the book on 'My Books', the last column states 'Edit' and 'view' - 'view' takes you to your review! As you say, unnecessarily complicated!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Wow! That's a lot of steps to take when it used to say "view review" or similar!! Thanks Kim :)

[Carolyn]

Kim wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "I did that too Brenda. I could not find a simple way to change it over so I deleted it and then added it again in the required edition. This is a very user unfriendly layout!!!"

I ..."

That's handy to know Kim, I've also been deleting and re-adding the correct edition!
My problem is remembering where to look next time I need it. The site used to be fairly intuitive before but now it isn't at all. It must be really hard for new users if we're all struggling!

[Margot]

Cannot understand why this book is so expensive. It's a 384 page mystery novel!

A Killing of Innocents Deborah Crombie

Readings
Paperback $71.99
Hardback $63.99

Booktopia
Paperback $66.75
Hardback $53.90

[Sharon Louise]

Margot wrote: "Cannot understand why this book is so expensive. It's a 384 page mystery novel!

A Killing of Innocents Deborah Crombie

Readings
Paperback $71.99
Hardback $63.99

B..."

Its even worse from Angus & Robertson - $80.50!!
And since when have paperbacks been more expensive than hardbacks???

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Margot wrote: "Cannot understand why this book is so expensive. It's a 384 page mystery novel!

A Killing of Innocents Deborah Crombie

Readings
Paperback $71.99
Hardback $63.99

B..."

That's insane!

[Andrea]

Margot wrote: "Cannot understand why this book is so expensive. It's a 384 page mystery novel! ..."

Do we have any booksellers in the group who could shed some light?

As it’s not published just yet, I wonder if this is the practice for situations where the publisher is tardy in setting a price?

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

I would not pay that even if she was my favourite author!

[Suz]

Margot wrote: "Cannot understand why this book is so expensive. It's a 384 page mystery novel!

A Killing of Innocents Deborah Crombie

Readings
Paperback $71.99
Hardback $63.99

B..."

I've never heard of this Margot. Only for off the wall old things you can't find, then sellers do what they want. Don't forget Booko.com.au for searching for your best online price, though it sounds like you've already done your homework.

[Krystal]

Andrea wrote: "Margot wrote: "Cannot understand why this book is so expensive. It's a 384 page mystery novel! ..."

Do we have any booksellers in the group who could shed some light?

As it’s not published just y..."

I wonder if it's related to it being large print format, as I couldn't find anything else other than that and audio? It can also be publisher as well; self published/smaller print runs tend to cost more. Since this is a book in a series it's a mystery to me, but perhaps closer to the release date a normal format option will be available for a lower price??

[Marianne]

Hello Sydney GoodReaders,
As the get together is less than three weeks away, I need definites and maybes to review their status so I can firm up numbers to book the venue.
Also, you can list any books you are bringing to swap/give away.
And don't forget the Mystery Book!
Details here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Marianne]

I reckon we have the best library in the state.
I had a book on reserve and I was 2nd in the queue of 26, then this morning it was no longer there!
I emailed them, where's my reserve gone?
Soon after, a reply: my reserve had expired on 5th Feb (I hadn't noticed the expiry, so I quickly checked my other reserves), but he had put it back on my reserve list, at #2.
Who could ask for better than that!